‘The Vampire Diaries’ Recap: Season 5, Episode 18, ‘Resident Evil’

Well after another two weeklong break from our favorite TV drama, The Vampire Diaries’ crew is back and at it again – oh, and FYI, Elena’s crazy dream saga continues…looks like this “break up” is going to her head.

Interestingly enough, subconscious Elena dreams of Stefan, back in a time when the two of them didn’t know each other – and get this, in this alternate universe, her parents are still alive as well. Talk about fantasyland. But she’s convinced these dreams are more than just her imagination.

“It felt like I was really there,” Elena confides in Caroline. “It was like a different life.”

And here’s an interesting tidbit – Stefan’s having the same dreams. Something is definitely up…

In other news, Jeremy and his witchy friend are still determined to get rid of these travelers. The only way? They need to stab over 100 people to make sure the travelers haven’t already started taking over Mystic Falls. Let the fun begin?

Back to the Damon and Elena situation – well, I guess lack there of. Enzo is busy trying to get Damon over his ex, but Caroline interrupts the “bro sesh” to deliver the bad news…the last two doppelgangers alive, Stefan and Elena, are dreaming about each other. Cue jealous Damon…

And then there was Bonnie. Well her Grams shows up and it’s not for old memories sake. They’re worried someone escaped from the Other Side and Bonnie doesn’t know what she should do; either way, this has to be an indication of some traveler shenanigans.

Looks like Matt’s into some trouble – something is up with the sheriff because she stabs Matt, which sends him to the Other Side (a lot of that going on). While there, he sees some familiar faces, who are happy to greet him and confirm something suspicious is definitely going on up there.

Later, Enzo and Caroline scheme Damon and Elena into seeing each other post-breakup. It’s strange, awkward, and a total “I don’t know what to do with my hands” scene. And then Damon breaks the small talk –

“You’re supposed to be together,” he lashes at Elena, drawing on her and Stefan’s recent fantasies. Yikes…

While Enzo and Caroline watch this debacle from the other room, Caroline somehow works into conversation Maggie, Enzo’s ex-girlfriend he’s desperately been searching for. It appears the witches forgot to tell them where she was before they burned themselves last week…so that’s a bummer.

Well, it turns out Stefan and Elena’s dreams are nothing more than mind games from the Travelers. They need both Elena and Stefan’s blood to complete some spell/prophesy, so what better/more convenient way than to draw them together? Genius. Regardless, Damon is still bitter.

And then Elena has another vision with her and Stefan in “lala land”, except this daydream gives her Markos’ address. Success! Now it should get interesting. Damon and Enzo are in route to check it out.

Well it’s confirmed, the sheriff is officially not really the sheriff. But have no fear, Tyler figures it out and takes her down with her own weapon of choice. Does this mean the travelers have officially taken over, because they sure have taken the sheriff’s body…

In another turn of events, Matt actually gets to spend time with his sister, Vicky while paying a visit to the Other Side. I’d love to say it was a sweet scene, but it ends abruptly when Vicky is stripped from her brother’s grip into some scary-looking vortex. But the problem is, will Matt remember any of this when he returns to his body?

Back to Damon and Enzo’s expedition. Well, they find Markos in about thirty seconds and he fesses up almost instantly.

“I’m the reason Stefan and Elena are having visions of each other,” he scoffs.

In the next scene, Markos admits he’s created some kind of spell – but none of the travelers know exactly what it will do, just that it will help them. Either way, they need Stefan and Elena’s blood to figure it out.

To prove to Damon that Markos doesn’t mean harm, he tells Damon he will stop Elena and Stefan’s visions – but in doing so, we learn a little secret. The passengers have indeed set up shop in Mystic Falls’ residents…and it looks like almost the majority of them.

Oh gosh, and now one of the most interesting scenes in this week’s episode. Stefan and Elena are together reflecting on these fake fantasies that have now ended. They both admit they felt amazing, but that’s not the biggest shocker yet.

Precious, absolutely precious. Can they just please get back together already? (I apologize; I know there are a lot of “Delena” fans out there).

Well, Matt has suddenly returned to the normal side of life and the good news is, he remembers everything.

“What’s going on over there, Bonnie?” Matt implores, but something tells me we won’t find out until next week.

And in this week’s final scene, we watch something horrible happen. It looks like Tyler has been helping the travelers all along – but why, you ask? Unfortunately, of this I’m sure we will not figure out until next week!

What do you think about Damon’s decision to quit speaking to Elena? And what is the deal with Tyler?

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